campaign violation it s been clear there wasn t a campaign violation. but the story changed. i would refer you back to the president s comments, that wasn t something i m part of and to the president s outside counsel. this comes after a key democrat challenged the handling of a witness in the russia investigation. president trump, will you remember that the president did agree to answer written questions for robert mueller and his team but house intelligence chair adam schiff said it would be a mistake if mueller ended his probe without having the president testify under oath. i do think ultimately it s a mistake because probably the best way to get the truth would be to put the president under oath because as he s made plain in the past, he feels it is perfectly fine to lie to the public. i don t think bob mueller should rely on written answers. when you get written answers, it s really the lawyer s answer as much as the client answer and here you need to be able to ask
to pull it back down towards, but the idea that he would get more money next year for a wall that was such a huge fight this year doesn t really have a basis. the national emergency declarati declaration, i think you would be hard blessed to declare another national emergency a year from now on anything given the fight they re having on this one there now. they said there might be an amendment that we could see later this week. so watch that space. peter, you did a preview and you said that mr. trump s fiscal plan said he will not balance the budget even if he wins a second term. his plan to eliminate the annual deficit and pay off of the entire deficit accumulated over generations, now he is talking about balancing it in 15 years,
others could not get away with. i think the american elector rate would give him more credit and he would be in a better position going into 2020. i agree with that. here is what will happen, though. he says no one thought i would get elected, i did it my own way so i m not going to stop doing what i have always done. the only person he ultimately listens to is himself. thank you, congressman. up next, our eyes on the midwest, the contrademocratic committee hosting their convention in milwaukee, wisconsin. a state that 2016 hillary clinton candidate did not campaign in and that trump nearly won. bernie sanders and joe biden, we ll talk about them this and more you re watching msnbc. more you re watching msnbc
mayor. people say they like the fact that he is blunt. yesterday he talked about the fact that he said i have christian values, but do they make me question where vice president mike pence would support a porn star presidency talking about president trump in those terms. also i interviewed stacey abrams and what she said over and over to me is that democrats can t out trump trump. and when you think about someone like bernie sanders, he had a very consistent message. billionaires and millionaires need to pay more taxes and the economy needs to be fair. most people should be able to have r u health care. jake, i want to talk about this new poll out today and they asked about whether or not president trump should be reelected. jake, okay, jake doesn t have an
ifb. i can turn this to you. 38% said he should be reelected, but it is time for someone else. there is so much nervousness that donald trump could be elected again. i wonder what you make of that poll. in that poll, 40% of republicans said they hope that president trump faces a primary challenger, and 40 to 41% said i m very happy with him and 19% said i m not sure. they are wrestling with the idea of president trump, people don t like is actual style, they don t like the flash that he is brash and they don t like the adult film stars attaches to him. and michael cohen that could be an unindicted co-conspirator.